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Redstone's integrated Test Appliance (RiTA) is the byproduct of collaboration between CodeRebel — a Maui, Hawaii-based start up — and Redstone Software. Already a proven partnership as a result of end user deployments on Apple hardware running Mac OS X 10.4, the combination of CodeRebel's iRAPP software with Eggplant running on Leopard is seen as the ideal means of satisfying the high-demand for Eggplant on Windows. Christopher S. Young, Managing Director, Redstone Software, was quoted saying, "People do not like working with operating systems that they are not familiar with. While nearly everyone who sees Eggplant recognizes how it would make automating his or her test cases easier, the fact that it runs on Mac has been a deterrent for some. RiTA bridges that gap and enables the full features and benefits of Eggplant and Leopard to be exploited by Windows users from their local Windows desktop. For example, the fact that we employ Leopard means we can leverage new features like Time Machine to facilitate corporate knowledge preservation by enabling regular backups of all test resources thereby avoiding costly data loss. The combination of Eggplant, Leopard and iRAPP is a winning solution."
Redstone Software's Eggplant product has established itself as a market leader in black box test automation and has been adopted by Fortune 500 accounts and small businesses alike. Eggplant enables users to automate any test, process or task that can be done by a manual tester. Powerful features include:
* Image Collections enable a single script to test an application or process across multiple platforms;
* Image Doctor simplifies update and maintenance of image-based test scripts in rapidly changing UI environments;
* Image Import accelerates test script development by leveraging existing image resources;
* Text Image Generation simplifies interacting with text on the screen of the system under test, including dynamic content not known until test execution time; and
* Readable SenseTalk scripts and a powerful interactive debugger simplify even complex automation development and script maintenance tasks.
Redstone's integrated Test Appliance builds on Eggplant's capabilities, advances automated testing and eliminates the need for testers to work on the Apple Mac platform. It provides a central facility for Windows users to build, store, manage and execute Eggplant automated test cases from their Windows desktop. Irrespective of the platform to be tested (Windows, Linux, Unix, Symbian S60, Mac, etc), RiTA offers a comprehensive testing solution delivering all of the capabilities of Eggplant to the Windows platform.
"When we first released RiTA we were only able to build appliances based on the Mac OS X 10.4 operating system. Despite that fact, the market responded very positively to our RiTA offering. We have seen steady uptake within our existing customer base through the repurposing of existing hardware running Mac OS X 10.4. The fact that we now have Mac OS X 10.5 support means we can start to fulfill the backlog of demand that we have for Eggplant deployed in a Windows environment. Moreover, we have found the new Apple Xserve hardware, on which the RiTA system is built, to be extremely capable of serving up Eggplant to our customers Windows desktops. This gives us confidence that we are not only arming our customers to achieve their objectives today but providing them with a platform that will grow with them in the future" said Christopher S. Young, Managing Director, Redstone Software.
Customers can choose between two models of Redstone's integrated Test Appliance. RiTA-1020, designed for mid-sized testing departments, supports up to 10 concurrent development sessions and 20 test execution sessions. RiTA-2050, designed for large testing departments, supports up to 20 concurrent development sessions and 50 test execution sessions. Redstone has already receive enquiries on even larger deployments, and as a future enhancement to the RiTA offering, multiple instances of RiTA will be able to be interconnected and test resources (scripts, images, results, etc) dynamically shared between appliances.
Interested individuals and companies should contact Redstone Software at ( mailto:info@redstonesoftware.com ) or visit:
http://www.redstonesoftware.com
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